Food as medicine: using food to cure

Food As Medicine: Eating your way out of virtually any disease

Dr. Patrick Garrett, DC, B.Sci, DCCN, DABFM, SFAAFM, BCIMConcierge Natural Healthcare

301 North Main Suite 301316-212-5429

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This is what conventional wisdom leads to:

1. Heart disease 2. Cancer 3. Stroke 4. Accidents 5. Alzheimer's disease 6. Diabetes 7. Influenza and Pneumonia 8. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and

nephrosis9. Septicemia


FROM RARE TO EPIDEMIC

Heart disease 1:218 times higher mortality than for your grandparentsHeart attacks / Bypasses younger & youngerFoam cells in 10 year olds

Diabetes (type 2) 1:3Went from RARE to epidemic in 60 years Pre-diabetes / metabolic syndrome 1:2Overweight & Obesity up to 3:4

Cancer rates 1:8000 1:1 / 1:3Went from RARE to 10th to 2nd to 1st Ageism? Cancer at younger ages

– Childhood cancer 1:500 Brain Cancer (Aspartame)– 1 out of 3 will be leukemia (Benzene)

What is the conventional risk of doing the same?

Rates of Prostate deaths - 28 yearsThis is what conventional wisdom leads to:

Rates of Heart Attacks / Strokes - 109 years


Rates of NEW Diabetes cases - 30 years


Rates of Diverticulosis – 40 years


Multiple Sclerosis Rates – 20 years


Autism Rates – 34 years


Obesity rates – 23 years


Conventional Wisdom Change in 2006

Which is the most dangerous?

Eat your way out of disease!

Can Exceptional Wisdom Reverse this mess?

Lifestyle changes can:– Prevent 92% of all heart disease / stroke – Prevent 80% or more of all disease– Prevent 60-80% of cancers– Prevent 100% of type 2 diabetes

Exceptional Wisdom: Food as Medicine

Eating your way out of Heart Disease

Balancing Cholesterol with food

Eating your way out of Cancer

Eating your way out of Diabetes


Prevention 2009 Boston University School of Medicine

5 Lifestyle Changes that slashed heart attack risk by 92%

Moderate alcohol: < 1 glass per day of wine (or dark grapes?)Healthy Diet: based on Fruits, Vegetables, Whole Grains, Fish, LegumesDaily Exercise: more than 40 minutes of walking plus 1 hour a week of strenuous

activityHealthy Body Weight: Waist size is 85% or less of hip sizeNot Smoking: never smoked or stopped 1 year or greater

Heart Prevention Study2nd heart attack

Fish twice a weekLots of fruit & Veggies

Vs.Cutting down on fat in your diet


Heart Prevention

Eat like a fish1. Blocks platelet aggregation2. Reduces blood vessel constriction3. Increases blood flow4. Lowers fibrinogen5. Increases fibrinolytic activity6. Lowers triglycerides7. Raises antioxidant rich HDL8. Increases cell membrane flexibility9. Lowers blood pressure


Heart Prevention Study

Harvard School of MedicineStudies on Heart Attacks and

NutsGarlic

AlcoholOnions


Specifics - Heart PreventionAngina – Remove Alcohol

Arrhythmia – Remove Coffee


Foods that fight clots

Garlic’s effect is heat stabileCornell – Red wine’s resveratrol (red

grapes too)Zhejian Medical University of China –

Green tea’s tannin (catechin) blocked platelet clumping as strongly as ASA

Swedish Study – Fruits / Vegetables lowers fibrinogen


Balancing Blood Pressures

University of Naples, Italy12 months on high K Diet81% cut meds use in half38% cut meds out completely

Low K = High Na = High Water = HTN

HIGH potassium(more than 225 milligrams

per 1/2 c. serving)Apricots AvocadoBanana

CantaloupeHoneydew

KiwiLima beans

Oranges and orange juicePotatoes Prunes

SpinachTomatoes

Vegetable juiceWinter squash



Balancing Cholesterol (NOT LOWERING)

Foods that help:Oats, Apples, Carrots, Olive oil, Avocados, Almonds, Beans, Walnuts, Garlic, Onions, Fruits, Vegetables, Vitamin C and Beta Carotene Rich Foods, Grains High in Soluble Fiber


Balancing CholesterolGoals:

Raise HDLPrevent LDL Oxidation

Beans are the cheapest, most widely available, fastest acting, and safest medicine to balance cholesterol.


Balancing Cholesterol

Lower TriglyceridesEliminate: Refined Sugar, Refined Flour, Fruit Juices, Dried Fruit, and Excessive Alcohol

Remember all bread is sugar



You are not genetically

designed to have cancer!

You are causing cancer through diet and environmental

toxins

Anti Cancer Diet

National Cancer InstituteDirector of Cancer Prevention and Control

“The more fruits and vegetables people eat, the less likely they are to get cancer from the colon, stomach, breast and lung”.

#1, 2, 3Up to 75% decrease risk in smokers!


Anti Cancer DietVegetables, GARLIC, Cabbage, Soybeans, Onions, Carrots, Tomatoes, All Green / Yellow Vegetables, Fruits (especially) Citrus, Fatty Fish, Tea

The Encourage Cancer DietMeat, High Fat Foods, Vegetable Oils (especially Corn), Excessive Alcohol

Anti-Spread Cancer DietSeafood, Garlic, Cruciferous Vegetables (like Cabbage / Broccoli, and Collard Greens


Anti Cancer Diet

Recommends – Garlic, Cabbage, licorice, soybean, ginger, carrots, parsnips, celery, onions, tea, turmeric, citrus fruits, whole wheat, flax, brown rice, tomato, eggplant, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, oats mint, oregano, cucumber, rosemary, sage potato, thyme, chives, cantaloupe, basil, tarragon, barley, berries.

Soup & Salad Anyone?


Anti Cancer Diet

University of MinnesotaBest foods by Cancer Site:Lung – Carrots, Green Leafy VeggiesColon – Cruciferous Veggies and CarrotsEsophageal, Oral, Pharyngeal – FruitsLaryngeal - Fruits, VeggiesStomach – Fruits, lettuce, onion, tomato, celery, squashPancreas – Fruits, VeggiesBladder – Veggies, Carrots, FruitsThryoid – Cruciferous Vegetables


DIABETES

Help us find that elusive cure!

The cost of being overweight

$4800


The cost of being diabetic

$11,744


Number of Obese to be DiabeticExceptional Wisdom: Food as Medicine

Pre-Diabetes / Metabolic Syndrome

6 Factors prediction – Low HDL– High Triglycerides – High Glucose– Hypertension– Obesity– Chronic Inflammatory Markers

• What’s the prediction?


STOP CHRONICALLY MANAGING CHRONIC CONDITIONS

Choose drugs or food, either way, it is always a choice

Who is Dr. Garrett?

Dr. Patrick Garrett

Chiropractic College / Medical School

12 Years of Functional Lifestyle Practice

Specializing in reversing acute & chronic conditions naturally

Patients / clients all over the country & world

Clinical focus on reversing diabetes, asthma, allergies, eczema, psoriasis, migraines and epigenetic food therapy.

Physician

Postgraduate Educator300 Hour / 2 Year Diplomate Functional Medicine / Clinical Nutrition Program in Denver, Colorado

National Speaker Internal DisordersFunctional MedicineApplied Nutrition & Clinical ChemistryClinical NutritionFunctional Approaches to Reversing Diseases

National Speaker

Lifestyle Medicine ProgramCeliac DiseaseLifestyle Medicine – Metabolic Syndrome & NutritionLifestyle Medicine – Stress ManagementLifestyle Medicine – Weight ManagementLifestyle Medicine – Prescribing ExerciseLifestyle Medicine – OsteoporosisLifestyle Medicine – The Biology of Normal Sleep & Consequences of Insufficient SleepInfertility & Endocrinology & More

Postdoctoral Education

Lifestyle Medicine ProgramLifestyle Practices for Weight Management & Health PromotionModels of Behavior ModificationThe Pressure System Model of Lifestyle Counseling in Primary CareRationale for Lifestyle & Weight Management CounselingWeight Bias in Clinical Settings: Improving Health Care Delivery for Obese Patients

Postdoctoral Education

Diplomate of the American Board of Functional Medicine

Board Certified in Integrative Medicine

Diplomate of the American College of Clinical Nutrition

Senior Fellow of the American Academy of Functional Medicine

Diplomates & Certifications

Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Association– Member

American Academy of Integrative Medicine – Member

Physicians Committee on Responsible Medicine - Member

American Board of Functional Medicine - Past President

American Academy of Functional Medicine - Chairman of the Board of Directors

Green Med Info – Board Member

Bloodid - Medical Director

Leadership / Membership

Health & Medicine

Food as medicine: using food to cure